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Hellhole The New Yorker article about solitary confinement in prison PDF Print E-mail
Monday, 23 March 2009 10:20

This is an important article because of the public confusion about prolonged isolation or solitary confinement. It is clearly torture and there is no justification for its use. The destruction of self through the use of isolation is well documented and beyond any reasonable dispute. Gawande has written a powerful and heartbreaking  argument against it which we may find helpful.

 

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